Unit - V

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

  1. What is a market in economic terms?
    a) A place to shop
    b) A mechanism for exchanging goods
    c) A storage facility
    d) A type of monopoly
    Answer: b

  2. Which of the following is not a type of market structure?
    a) Monopoly
    b) Perfect competition
    c) Monopolistic competition
    d) Inflation
    Answer: d

  3. Perfect competition is characterized by:
    a) Few buyers
    b) Single seller
    c) Large number of buyers and sellers
    d) Government control
    Answer: c

  4. Monopoly means:
    a) Few firms selling similar products
    b) Many firms selling identical products
    c) Single seller dominates the market
    d) Price controlled by government
    Answer: c

  5. Which is a feature of monopolistic competition?
    a) Homogeneous products
    b) Single seller
    c) Product differentiation
    d) No competition
    Answer: c

  6. Oligopoly refers to a market where:
    a) One firm controls the supply
    b) Few firms dominate the market
    c) There are no sellers
    d) All firms are public sector
    Answer: b

  7. In perfect competition, firms are:
    a) Price makers
    b) Price takers
    c) Monopoly holders
    d) Price controllers
    Answer: b

  8. Which of the following markets has barriers to entry?
    a) Perfect competition
    b) Monopoly
    c) Both a and b
    d) None of the above
    Answer: b

  9. What happens to the supply when the price of a good increases?
    a) Supply increases
    b) Supply decreases
    c) Supply remains constant
    d) Supply vanishes
    Answer: a

  10. The law of supply shows a relationship between:
    a) Price and demand
    b) Income and price
    c) Price and supply
    d) Supply and cost
    Answer: c

  11. The law of supply is based on the assumption that:
    a) Price remains constant
    b) Other factors remain constant
    c) Income decreases
    d) Costs remain variable
    Answer: b

  12. A demand curve generally slopes:
    a) Upward
    b) Downward
    c) Horizontally
    d) Vertically
    Answer: b

  13. In monopoly, price is determined by:
    a) Market demand
    b) Government
    c) Competitors
    d) Monopoly firm
    Answer: d

  14. Which of the following is a characteristic of oligopoly?
    a) Price rigidity
    b) Free entry and exit
    c) Many sellers
    d) Homogeneous product
    Answer: a

  15. Monopolistic competition includes:
    a) Homogeneous products
    b) No advertisements
    c) Product differentiation and selling cost
    d) Single seller
    Answer: c

  16. Price determination is the interaction of:
    a) Supply and cost
    b) Demand and cost
    c) Demand and supply
    d) Income and demand
    Answer: c

  17. Which of the following best describes demand?
    a) Want with money
    b) Need without money
    c) Desire to own
    d) Willingness to work
    Answer: a

  18. If supply is greater than demand, the price will:
    a) Increase
    b) Decrease
    c) Stay the same
    d) Fluctuate
    Answer: b

  19. Which market type involves mutual interdependence in pricing?
    a) Monopoly
    b) Oligopoly
    c) Perfect competition
    d) Monopolistic
    Answer: b

  20. Demand and supply intersect at:
    a) Shortage point
    b) Equilibrium point
    c) Surplus point
    d) Price ceiling
    Answer: b


Fill in the Blanks

  1. A market is a system or place where __________ and __________ interact.
    Answer: buyers, sellers

  2. In __________ competition, there are many buyers and sellers dealing in identical products.
    Answer: perfect

  3. A __________ is a market structure where there is only one seller.
    Answer: monopoly

  4. __________ competition is characterized by product differentiation.
    Answer: Monopolistic

  5. In __________, a few firms dominate the market.
    Answer: oligopoly

  6. The law of supply states that supply increases with an increase in __________.
    Answer: price

  7. The __________ curve generally slopes downward from left to right.
    Answer: demand

  8. The point at which demand and supply intersect is called the __________ price.
    Answer: equilibrium

  9. In monopoly, the firm has control over the __________ of the product.
    Answer: price

  10. The interaction of demand and supply determines the __________ of goods in the market.
    Answer: price


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